By Devika Krishna Kumar and Florence Tan NEW YORK/HOUSTON, March 11 (Reuters) - Occidental Petroleum Corp has emerged as one of the biggest exporters of U.S. shale oil, rivaling large trading firms and oil majors, in a market now worth more than $150 million every day. It is showing no signs of slowing down, with plans to double crude exports to 600,000 barrels per day … [Read more...]
BIMCO: 2018 Has Been ‘Historically Bad’ for Crude Oil Tankers
The first half of 2018 has been a historically bad year for crude oil tankers as earnings hit their lowest level on record in heavy loss-making territory, according to shipping industry association BIMCO. Earnings for Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs) in the first half of 2018 were as low at USD 6,001 per day on average, with a Suezmax tanker earning USD 10,908 per day … [Read more...]
Crude Surges to 3 1/2-Year High After U.S. Stockpiles Plunge
By Jessica Summers (Bloomberg) -- Oil rose to a level last seen in late 2014 after U.S. crude stockpiles tumbled by the most since September 2016. Futures rose as much as 3.4 percent in New York on Wednesday. Domestic crude inventories declined by 9.89 million barrels last week, while refiners boosted oil processing rates and exports soared to a record, the Energy … [Read more...]
New Pipeline Scrambles American Crude Imports & Exports
by Devika Krishna Kumar (Reuters) - The Diamond Pipeline has scrambled crude oil flows around the U.S. Gulf Coast and Midwest since it opened in December, cutting supply at the Cushing hub and hammering Louisiana oil prices. The line from Cushing, Oklahoma to Memphis, Tennessee, a joint venture between Plains All American Pipeline LP and Valero Energy Corp, has dented … [Read more...]
Biggest U.S. East Coast Oil Refinery Files for Bankruptcy
By Barbara Powell and Tiffany Kary (Bloomberg) -- Philadelphia Energy Solutions LLC, owner of an oil refinery that supplies more than a quarter of the U.S. east coast’s crude refining capacity, filed for bankruptcy with a plan that could allow it to shed some environmental costs. The restructuring would allow PES to emerge a new company with the same stakeholders, … [Read more...]